What's "te la pagan" mean?

Question

The girl I have a crush on speaks Spanish as her first language and that made me want to learn it, I try to translate what she says in it for practice. She said "te la pagan," my first impression was that it meant "you pay for it" but I'm confused because pagar has the "they" conjugation.

The full sentence was "Hay colegios que te la pagan"

Please fill out your profile so that we may better help you . Welcome to the forum . Buena suerte amiga. - ray76, Jul 7, 2014

Please capitalise your sentence , we have members that are learning English ,so correct English at all times , no " kinda wanna" please . ; how do you think a Spanish native could translate that? - ray76, Jul 7, 2014

Sorry about that, I wasn't thinking. I fixed it. - endlessexplosions, Jul 7, 2014

Thanks mate, that is worth a vote from me . - ray76, Jul 7, 2014

Why not just ask her what she said and what it meant? - rac1, Jul 8, 2014

Answer 1

Yep, "Kinda wanna" sounds weird.

Maybe she meant "Si te la hacen, te la pagan", it is a saying that means if someone hurts you, cheats you, or does something that makes you uncomfortable, you will take revenge.

I hope this makes sense for you.

Regard.

The full sentence was "Hay colegios que te la pagan," so, I don't think that's right. - endlessexplosions, Jul 7, 2014

Yep, you are right, entonces, los colegios pagan cosas a los alumnos, pueden ser, "visitas a otros lugares", cursos o clases extras, (then she was talking about the cost of something) - 007e54d7, Jul 7, 2014

Like the idea! Thanks for sharing. - amaken, Jul 7, 2014

Answer 2

I think that pml222 has the right idea.

I get: There are colleges that pay it for you. I assume she is referring to tuition. But without more context that is just a guess.

Answer 3

Es posible que ella hablaba de una beca...

It's possible that she was referring to a grant...

Answer 4

I think it means;

"Hay colegios que te la pagan" There are colleges that pay it for/to you. Depending on context. "te" is Indirect Object, "to/for you", "la" is the Direct Object, "it" refering to a female item (la matrícula?), "pagan" is the 3rd person plural form of the verb "they pay"

With Spanish, everything is context dependent.